Hi Everyone, It’s troubling to see the decline of the Plex product over the years in terms of good natured-ness and offerings to the user. In particular, you used to be able to not have to log in to Plex to use YOUR local server. We live in a place with no internet and we have to use very old softw…

Agreed! I didn’t realize this was an issue until our power went out - being the nice guy I am, I offer to hook up our generator for the kids and wife to watch some movies, get everything back up and running… Go to open plex - no go. Why? Because the same power issue we had, our ISP had as well. So t…

I’m suspicious that this is part of the “Getting to know you” type of Tech Company behaviour similar to Windows 10 Telemetry. It’s a bit of an evil direction.

Be sure your client is set to allow insecure connections “On local network.” Also be sure your server has secure connections turned off. You can turn security back on later.

Hi Elijah, This was done thank you. What I’m referring to is the windows client. When you start it up, you just get a sign in button with no way to bypass it. For those of us who have no land internet, it screws us.

Hi, you can also enable no-authorization-required for local device(s). To do that, go to “Settings > Network > Advanced > List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth” and type in your IP Adresses. As far as I know, this is enough to stay offline

Hi, Do you know if this will work with the latest Windows Plex Client? Thanks!

How many more threads like this will you start, cryptic guy that does not pay a dime to use this? [image] Evil practices done by Plex - Need internet connection and you MUST sign in Plex Media Server I can understand the need to make money to stay a float. Understood. For…

Coxeroni, No land internet = Asking for what I used to have :slight_smile:

Hi, this is how my entry looks like; everyone with an IP between 192.168.178.0 and 192.168.178.255 (my LAN IP Range) can access the server without the need to log in. [image]

Plex now has less features than it used to - No more local login

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How many more threads like this will you start, cryptic guy that does not pay a dime to use this?

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Plex now has less features than it used to - No more local login

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